St. Timothy High School

St. Timothy High School is a junior and senior high school in the neighborhood of Sunset Ridge in Cochrane, AB. It was built in 2004, and the current system is from 2020. Only the pull stations are original. The school is two floors. User Simplex NimrodES was been unable to obtain any alarms.

System Specifications

FACP

The fire alarm control panel is a Kidde VS4. It was installed in April-June 2020, replacing an EST QuickStart QS1 from 2016. The main panel is not visible, it's in the caretaker's office. When the system goes into alarm, all horns and strobes (indoor and outdoor) are synchronized, and all horns do code-3. It took Altex Security two whole months to do this system. The annunciator is on a rectangular plate covering the QuickStart's space.

Annunciators

There is a Kidde K-RLCD-C annunciator and a K-RLED24 LED annunciator at the entrance.

Notification Appliances

The notification appliance circuits were mostly re-wired when the VS4 was installed. The main notification appliances are EST Genesis GC-HDVM (white, ceiling, no FIRE marking) horn/strobes on the ceiling in the hallways and classrooms. There is one horn/strobe per classroom, and the library, there are three horn/strobes. The open ceiling areas, such as the atrium, gymnasium and the shop have EST Genesis G1R-HDVM (red, wall, no FIRE marking) horn/strobes. The gym has two of the horn/strobes where the old bell/strobes were, but the other two are in new locations, having two per side. The shop has the horn/strobes moved to different locations as well. All horn/strobes are set to high volume, and random candelas (a few are at 110cd). These horn/strobes were installed in spring 2020. Plates are covering where the bell/strobes were. One of the three outdoor bells was replaced with an EST "Genesis" WG4RN-HVMC (red, no FIRE) horn/strobe by the tarmac, and it is now covered by a cage. Metal plates are covering the former outdoor bells' space. The EST "Integrity" CS405-8A-T weatherproof strobe by the bike rack that was replaced in February 2020 when the QuickStart was still in use, is still in use on the VS4.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All of the pull stations are the original EST SIGA-270 from 2004.

Automatic Detection Devices

The smoke detectors were replaced with Kidde KIR-PD optical addressable smoke detectors. Installed in spring 2020 when the new system was installed. The duct detectors in the air handling units are Kidde SD-2W two-wire photoelectric duct smoke detectors.

Former System Specifications

FACP

The school had an EST QuickStart QS1 from 2016. The original fire alarm panel was also an EST Quickstart QS1, but it failed. It rarely has troubles at all, but usually when the power is out. The panel had an SL30 card. There is an annunciator at the entrance, but the panel itself is in the caretaker's office. The original QuickStart did continuous, and the second one did code-3 with all strobes synchronized. The system is managed by Altex Security.

Annunciators

There was an EST QS1-CPU-1 annunciator at the entrance, and an SL30 card in it.

Notification Appliances

The main notification appliances seen throughout the school are Edwards MB6-24 motor bells on EST 403-5A-R (15cd) Integrity strobe plates. They can also be found in the library, the music room, and even the changerooms! The gym and shop have louder ambient noise levels, so they have Edwards MB10-24 motor bells on EST 403-5A-R strobe plates. There are 3 in the gym, and they are very loud. For outdoor notification, there are three Edwards MB6-24 motor bells. One by the hill where stairs to the basement are, one in the staff parking lot, and one in the tarmac. There is also an EST CS405-8A-T (110cd) weatherproof Integrity strobe installed in February 2020, after an older one stopped flashing in September 2019. The strobe is above the bike rack, close to the main entrance.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All of the pull stations were EST SIGA-270, original to the school in 2004. The gym one is missing its glass rod. These are still in use on the Kidde system.

Automatic Detection Devices

The smoke detectors are EST SIGA-PS, most are original from 2004, but some are newer.